Cheiracanthiidae
(Prowling Spiders)

The spider family Cheiracanthiidae, commonly known as Prowling Spiders, have been sighted 187 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Cheiracanthiidae includes 13 countries and 34 states in the United States. Cheiracanthiidae is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cheiracanthiidae

Other Common Names

Prowling Spiders, Longlegged Sac Spiders, Sac Spiders

Author

Wagner,1887

Sightings Overview

There have been 187 confirmed sightings of Cheiracanthiidae (Prowling Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 21, 2020 by Spider ID member shay6198. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 187 sightings because of certain Cheiracanthiidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 13% of the time, Cheiracanthiidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 164)
Sex: 14 female and 58 male.
Environment: Cheiracanthiidae has been sighted 40 times outdoors, and 126 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (29). Low foliage (4). High foliage (2). Ground layer (2). Under rock or debris (1). Saltwater (1). Desert area (1).

Location and Range

Cheiracanthiidae (Prowling Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Macedonia, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United States.

Cheiracanthiidae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.